Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23629, George Fister, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn-
Fister, George
S 23629
CONTENTS

N o 11025  Pennsylvania
George Fister
of Berks Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Priv. Sergt. & St. in the company commanded by Captain Gail of the Reg t commanded by Col. Keller in the Pennsylvania
  time for 6 months Private $ 20.00   4 " Sergeant 20.00   21 days, St. & 9.20   $49.20 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 49 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. H. A. Muhlenberg, Reading, Pa.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 98.40   Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833 24.60   $123.00 
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book H. Vol. 5 Page 19
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the 16 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept to the 25 th Oct 1839. the day of his death. Agent ho- -lified 10 th Nov 1840

Jos. Reed President
In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth,
To George Foster Gentleman
W E, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant of a company of Foot in the Sixth Battalion of Militia, in the County of Berks . You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Lieutenant by doing and performing all Manner of Things therein unto belonging. And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Lieutenant . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.
GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this tenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty
N.B. ATTEST. J. Mattack

19.160 George Foster
Adm o
Private 6 mo. 20.00 Sergant 4.. 20.00 Lieutenant 21 days 9.20 49.20
Hon. H. A. Muhlenburg Reading Pa

BRIEF in the case of George Fister  County of Berks  in the State of Pennsyt a  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Spec. Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 - 6 - Private Gen. Lord Howe Col. Heald   1777 - 2 Sergt. Capt. M c Naught   1777 (Schuylkill) 2 Sergt. Capt. Miller   10 May 1780 - 21 Lieut. Capt. Betty  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berks Co Pennsylvania  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Adams Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 3 d , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the child en of George Foster, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Pa Agency, at the rate of Forty nine Dollars and 20 o Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. to the 25 th October 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Wood B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Pennsylvania
Berks County
Personally appeared
George Frister, in Open Court of Common Pleas, held at Reading, in and for the County of Berks aforesaid, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say, that he is seventy-eight years of age, and maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed June the Seventh, A.D. 1832. That he enlisted in what was called the Flying Camp, in the service of the United States in the year 1776, for the term of six months, and served in Capt. Jacob Graul's rifle Company, Col. Henry Wallis Regiment, of the Penn s line. That he served the period of six months, that at the time of his enlistment he resided in the Borough of Reading, County aforesaid, that he was in the following battles, - Long Island, White Plains and the said Applicant, on his oath further saith that in the year 1777 he was drafted in the Militia, in the Company commanded by Capt. Peter Mangle, for the term of three months, and performed the duties of a Sergeant, the Company stood guard at Reading and at the St. Luke Church in Windsor Township, County aforesaid, guarding the powder magazines, that in the year 1778 he served a term of two months as a Substitute for a certain Differback and marched in a Company commanded by Capt. Sebastian Miller from the Borough of Reading to Allentown in the County of Northampton. That in the year 1780, May 10 th , he was appointed Lieutenant of a Company of Foot in the Sixth Battalion of Militia, in the County of Berks, that under said appointment he marched in a Company commanded by Capt. Fred Patty, from the Borough of Reading to New Jersey, and remained there about three weeks and then was discharged by General Mifflin, this was about the close of the war to the best of my recollection, He hereby relinquishing any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the grants .
George Frister
Sworn in Open Court
No 16 P 32
Jas. Wallace Trotter

The board will propound the following interrogatories to the Applicant for a pension, on account of services, in the Militia.
1 Where and in what year was you born? I was born in Reading, in the year 1754. 2 Have you any record of your age? I have a record of my age taken from my father's family bible. 3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolution, where do you now live? Since the Revolution I have lived in the County of Berks. 4 How were you called into service, were you drafted? I was enlisted in the Flying Camp, in Reading. 5 That he went as a substitute for a certain Liffenbach for drilling, in Northampton Co. Snow subscribed in Open Court.
Nov 16 th 1832,
Geo. Holloman Notary
George Foster
Pennsylvania
Berks County
On the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1832, in Open Court of Common Pleas, held at Reading, in and for the County of Berks, came Nicholas Lott and Philip Magle, two credible witnesses of the Borough of Reading, who upon their solemn oaths do depose and say, that they are well acquainted with the within named George Foster, the Applicant for a pension, that the said George Foster was enlisted in what was called the Flying Camp, and served in a Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Graub, Col. Waller's regiment, in the Penn a Line, in the service of the United States, that these deponents served in the same Company and regiment, and that the said Applicant was enlisted for the period of six months.
Snow in Open Court
Nov 16 th A.D. 1832,
Geo. Holloman Notary
Nicholas Lott
Phillip Magle

Personally appeared Capt. Peter Nagle, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with George Fister the Applicant for a pension within named, that in the year 1777 the said George Fister was drafted for two months and marched in my Company, from the Borough of Reading, to the Tille Church in Middletown Township, Berks County, during said period was guarding the powder magazines at Reading, and at the Tille Church aforesaid, in the capacity of a sergeant, and that the said George Fister has always been reputed as a revolutionary soldier, a man of good character, and as to his veracity none have it doubted,
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court Nov. 16 th 1832
Peter Nagle
Jas. Callahan Prothon.
Personally appeared Casper Madera of the Borough of Reading, County of Berks, a credible witness, aye, sixty eight years, who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with George Fister the Applicant for a pension, that the said George Fister marched in a Company commanded by Capt. Sebastian Miller, Major Cunius' Battalion from the Borough of Reading, to Manheim, in the County of Northampton, and that this deponent served in the same Company and Battalion, a term of two months, and that the said George Fister has always been reputed a Revolutionary soldier, a man of good character, and as to his veracity none have it doubted,
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court Nov. 16 th 1832
Casper Madera
Jas. Callahan Prothon.

And the said Board do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Dept - Mind that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the Board further certifies that it appears to them, that Philip Magle, Nicholas Lott, Peter Magle and Casper Madera, who have signed the preceding affidavits, are residents of the Borough of Reading, Berks County, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. Gerrit Mallery Attest J. S. Richards one of the Judges of Berks County.
J. Jacob Gallade prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Berks do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Board, in the matter of the application of Leah Foster for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of said Court to be affixed, this 17 th day of November A.D. 1832, J. S. Richards Attest, J. Jacob Gallade prothonotary.

Production
28629 INVALID!
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File No. 28,629
George Fister
Lieut. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]